Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Over
the past few weeks, we have witnessed a steady deterioration in the quality of
air with significant increases in the pollutant levels of Pune city as a whole.
This can be attributed to the rampant burning of garbage taking place all
around you.

Due
to irregular pickup of dry garbage by the PMC, several housing societies and
others all over Pune, have resorted to burning solid waste which, at times,
includes rubber and plastics. Despite repeated complaints, the PMC
authorities have failed to stop this practice of burning garbage etc.

PMC workers
entrusted with sweeping and collecting of waste including garden waste are
often seen setting fire to heaps of garbage. The open burning of waste by
the PMC itself, is in violation of its own duties to prevent the deterioration
of ambient air quality in the city

Such burning of
biomass and solid waste is also punishable as a criminal offence under the
Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 which provides
authority to State Governments to ban burning of any material if it is likely
to cause air pollutionand thus must be dealt with strictly.

This irresponsible
& unscientific method of disposing garbage by burning can be
quite hazardous. Gases and particles emitted can substantially affect not
only human health but also affects climate change and the future of our
children. Some of these pollutants have been linked
to such significant health impacts as decreased lung function, neurological
disorders, cancer, and heart attacks.

We, the citizens of
Pune, have a right to clean air. With this right in mind, we request you to
kindly lodge a written complaint to the Municipal Commissioner at pmcmco@gmail.com , with a
copy to us at nsccpune@gmail.com
. NSCC will take up all these complaints with the PMC as well as with
Maharashtra Pollution Control Board.

Let’s clean our
Pune in all ways. It’s for us now and for our tomorrows as well.

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